Boy... why is this chap still playing in the CPL?

In reply to anthonyp

looked like he was scared to be out there..

I heard Fabian lost his Dad...

whats Odean's excuse?

In reply to powen001

Well Sherfane lost his father (to Covid) and mother (just before the t20 WC) in the past two years... he's doing decent.

Odean around for a long time and yet you can't see any improvement.

In reply to anthonyp

He’s lost quite a bit of pace with his bowling. I remember him being able to bowl 90mph deliveries a couple of years ago.

Then you have his abysmal fielding and batting.

Just not a thinking cricketer.

In reply to powen001

Pollard was trying to bully him into a management deal allegedly…….odean is rubbish. That’s why his career is where it is. Pollard was right to have him warming those benches. He clearly ain’t good at cricket

Few seasons back....Oshane Thomas bust into scene...express...wicket- taker..good international career.....Faded.....

Odean....few seasons back.... bowling above 140 km....batting.... clubbing sixes...even has good , short international ODI career....Fading....

Fading is infectious.....CWI contagious....stay away...stay safe....

Most players....stay away ...ply trade world wide.... with very limited.... interaction with CWI....

All need to play red ball cricket.

I feel very sad when I see Odean on the field. something is not right with him and I hope that he is getting help to sort it out. He is still a very young man

In reply to Onionman0

oshane's career was destroyed by cwi incompetence and neglect. im not saying he didn't put on weight(which he worked very hard on) but there wasn't the sort of attention given to him that someone of that talent deserved.

In reply to Onionman0

That is how i remember him when he burst onto the scene,I thought ,we now have a genuine allrounder for the test team.All I have to ask is why has he lost that ability,I would love to see him back to his old self.

In reply to anthonyp

I will paraphrase MH...
He is not a cricketer.

The bloke is having a bad year! Hey, I was feeling sorry mih & Danny (the English or is it Aussie commie?) bwoy, Fletcher! Glad he had a good score.

I say again, they need to play more red ball cricket.

Exhibit A: Hope

Not sure why Sliippery fella and his crew keep slipping these outcasts our way but we will have to talk. Jerimiah Louis can do no worse than Odean Brown.

In reply to voiceofreason

Smith

Yes Jeremiah Louis was rob for odean smith with the Patriots, .

In reply to cricketfreak

you can see the logic that Odean and Romario are both expected to play the Dre Russ role. However, Odean has fallen so far behind that you have to fear whether he can ever come back.

In reply to voiceofreason & cricketfreak

Why Jeremiah Louis any stats to back up your argument?

I'm no fan of Odean but he was an U19 WC winner, moved through the ranks for Jamaica capable of bowling over 90mph & hitting the ball a long way and won the CPL in 2023 obviously he's out of sorts now but I'm just curious what Jeremiah brings to the table!!!

In reply to WIfan26

A Dottie passport.

I just cannot understand the arguments for J. Louis in any form for Windies.

Similar to when McKenzie scored a double and people had orgasms.


Leave Smith alone.
We do not know what is his mental state or anything.
This guy will bounce back.

Odean's omission from yesterday's starting XI resulted in a win for his team.

All's good.

Moshin the great performance as foreign player was exceptional.....no West Indies player could..play in his place.....Odean learn warming bench,,,,.,.........

In reply to Onionman0

that's a poor defense or argument for Odean

try again

Never defend a player........just back a player based on potential.....posters ran thread ....Allen, Hety fake.....now Odean's turn......He should perform and shut the crowd....

In reply to Onionman0

Lol Moshin is the reason he looks lost everytime he touch the field?

Yeah if he played last night was a ah easy 50 and 5fer... de man is world class like Akeem

In reply to anthonyp

Insularity at it's best......

How a player like Mohsin gets chance to play in CPL......ahead of West Indies player......

As for Odean......be assured the young man is in tangle..... surely bounce back in later matches...meet you then......

In reply to Onionman0

Calling a man out who's failing season after season in CPL is being insular?

Moshin pick got nothing to do with Odean Smith stinking up the place year after year... Did Moshin replace Smith in the XI? Didn't both of them play together vs GAW? What's the relevance? You trying to blame a dude who's playing his second or third match in the CPL for Odean performances over the years?

Yuh need a better excuse champ...

In reply to Onionman0

I wish to see Odean Smith back at his best he's a young man,he got plenty pace and can hit a ball a long way,he's is one of the most exciting player we have seen for some time,ah cyah wait to see him do what we know he is capable of.

In reply to powen001

In the past four years Odean has retrogress more and more, the guy is just special, he is not worthwhile even for bush cricket